Duskfade Known Issues: Launch Crash and the 95% Stall

Duskfade has no published patch notes or known-issues list. Here is which problems players report more than once, which are single reports, and the fix status.

9/20/2026 duskfade-wiki.info Editorial Team Last updated: 9/20/2026

The short version

The studio has published no patch notes and no known-issues list.

Players have reported several problems. Two of them have more than one independent report:

A crash on launch with a UE Fatal Error.
A collection counter stuck at 95-98% with no obvious missing item.

Both are covered below. We do not print fixes we have not verified.

Crash on launch (UE Fatal Error)

Two players describe the same thing:

The game crashes every time it launches with a UE Fatal Error. Other Unreal Engine 5 games run fine on the same machine.
The second player points at Duskfade-win64-shipping.exe and does not think the CPU is involved.
Neither player solved it. The first one refunded the game; the second was refused a refund because of demo playtime.
There is no developer reply in that thread.

What you can do: send the full error text and the executable information to the studio through their official channel. We have no verified fix to give you.

Collection counter stuck at 95%

There are two sources, and they give different reasons. Both are listed.

Reason one: the HUD counter and the real requirement do not match.

A player posted a breakdown on 5 September: the 203 collectibles counted by the regional HUD are 47 N1-Coins, 38 Echoes, 36 Upgrade Gears, 26 Flasks of Dye, 17 Music Boxes, 12 Star Cores, 12 Clock Hearts, 8 Rainbow Ingots and 5 Thieving Kittens. Another 13 Broken Stained Glass Shards are not counted by the HUD but still count towards completion. The Tick Town shop sells four more items (2 Flasks of Dye and 2 Rainbow Ingots), and you need all 10 Rainbow Ingots to forge the final sword.

Reason two: high-up chests in early regions were missed.

A community site says a 95% stall usually means missing chests in early areas such as Tick Town and Ezarus Forest that need the grapple or glide tools to reach, and suggests rechecking region by region.

A note on sourcing: the first breakdown was posted as verified against the game code. We do not treat that as fact and quote it as a player’s HUD breakdown. Neither reason is officially confirmed.

Official status

SteamDB records two release-version builds: the 13 August launch and one on 24 August that came with no notes at all.
The newest Steam news post is the 9 September artbook announcement, which says nothing about fixes.
A player asked on 9 September whether a patch was planned. There is no public reply.

Single reports we are only tracking

Report	What we have
Fashion style menu display bug	One post (16 September)
Broken Stained Glass collectible not registering	One post
Ancient Coin anomaly	One post
Rail surfing issue on Legion Go S	One post
Crash on the final boss	One post (14 September, two replies)

A single report is not a conclusion. These get their own page if a second independent report appears.

Frequently asked questions

Has the studio confirmed these as bugs?

No public confirmation and no patch notes.

Are there fixes?

We have no verified steps. Neither of the two launch-crash players solved it.

What did the last update fix?

The studio has not said. There was a build on 24 August with no notes.

Is this the official bug list?

No. It is our collection of player reports, each with its source and report count.